NYHETER: Ex-player/-manager news, Part 9

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Hull are set for showdown talks with Geovanni and have scrapped plans to sign Mark Viduka.  (Star)

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PORTSMOUTH KEEP FAITH WITH HART
Paul Hart has been named Portsmouth manager until the end of the season.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/03/03/SOCCER_Portsmouth_Hart.html

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Flo vil fortsette karrieren
... tross lite spilletid så langt i MK Dons

Tore André Flo (35) får lite spilletid - men har det morsommere på fotballbanen enn på lenge.
Nå åpner stryningen for å fortsette fotballkarrieren etter at den nåværende kontrakten med MK Dons går ut ved sesongslutt.
- Det er utrolig kjekt å være med igjen. Jeg kan tenke meg en forlengelse, dersom jeg holder meg frisk og er i god form, sier Flo til VG Nett.
Den tidligere landslagsspilleren annonserte comebacket på nivå tre i engelsk fotball i slutten av november. Siden den gang har han fått åtte innhopp på MK Dons. Totalt har han ikke spilt mer enn 120 minutter.
Og han har fortsatt ikke scoret for sin nye klubb.
- Jeg er et konkurransemenneske og ønsker naturligvis å få mer spilletid. Men samtidig storkoser jeg meg om dagen. Og laget gjør det veldig bra. Klubben ser nok på meg som en de vil ha i bakhånd mot slutten av kamper, sier Flo.

Er skadet
For noen år siden hadde han aldri trodd at han ville spille fotball i England i en alder av 35 år. Utallige skader ødela i stedet det som skulle være en skikkelig avslutning på karrieren.
Nå spiller han plutselig for en klubb som ligger an til å rykke opp til nivå to på fotballøya. MD Dons ligger i øyeblikket på tredjeplass i «League one».
Og selv om Flo i øyeblikket er satt ut av spill med en strekk i leggen, så har han holdt seg skadefri helt frem til nå i comebacket.
- Vi har mange unge spillere, og laget er utrolig bra. Det ser bra ut, erkjenner Flo overfor VG Nett.

PS! Selv om Flo fortsatt står uten nettkjenning for MK Dons, kunne han fort scoret da han kom alene med keeper mot Hartlepool. Spissen valgte i stedet å slå en pasning til en bedre plassert lagkamerat - som scoret i åpent mål.
- Det var fristende å skyte selv, men jeg gjorde nok det rette, humrer Flo.

VG

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Matt Heath [Colchester - Brighton] Loan

http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1576167,00.html

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Paul Hart has been told the Portsmouth job is his to keep if he can lead the club to Premier League survival. (Star)

Rio Ferdinand has been unmasked as the instigator of Wednesday night's brawl at St James' Park - but he will escape any FA action. (Express)

Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon could be rewarded for his scintillating form with an end-of-season pay rise. (Express)



HEALY HAPPY TO STAY A BLACK CAT
David Healy has stated he is keen to fight for his first-place at Sunderland, despite failing to start a Premier League game since joining from Fulham.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/03/06/manual_092644.html

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HEALY HAPPY TO STAY A BLACK CAT
David Healy has stated he is keen to fight for his first-place at Sunderland, despite failing to start a Premier League game since joining from Fulham.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/03/06/manual_092644.html

Sunderland striker Healy flattered by Rangers interest
Sunderland striker David Healy admits he's flattered by interest from Rangers.
Healy has been linked with a move to SPL giants Rangers and while he is not dreaming of a move to Ibrox, he is flattered to be linked with the club.
"I've spoken to the manager a few times and he's reassured me that I'm part of his plans," he told Sky Sports News.
"I'll keep working. I still know where the goal is, as a striker you don't forget that and hopefully come the run in, come the important games, hopefully I'll be helping out with a few goals.
"People are aware I've disappointed disrupted by injuries, but it doesn't mean I want to leave Sunderland. It's never crossed my mind that I would go and play for Rangers.
"It's flattering at times to be linked with other clubs, obviously when I was at Fulham and wasn't playing. I'm a Sunderland player. It's a huge club with huge potential."

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FORMER Everton star Adrian Heath, 47, is the new boss of US side Austin Aztex. (The Sun)
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Aztex Hire Head Coach
Famous European Player and Coach Adrian Heath to Guide Austin Club
Austin Aztex Soccer Club have announced the appointment of Adrian Heath as Head Coach.
Heath has an outstanding track record in the game both as a player and Coach. He played professionally in Europe for eighteen years, beginning his career with his hometown club Stoke City before moving onto play for Everton, Espanyol, Aston Villa & Manchester City. With Everton, Heath won two League Championships, the F.A. Cup and European Cup Winners Cup in a six year span, his performances for the club earned him a place in the Everton Hall of Fame.
Heath played for two seasons in Spain with Espanyol before returning to English soccer with Aston Villa and then Manchester City. He finished his playing career with Burnley.
After an illustrious playing career Heath turned his skills and attention to Coaching. He has Coached and been an Assistant Coach for more than twelve years, working at the likes of Sunderland AFC, Leeds United, Everton & Coventry City. He currently holds the highest available Coaching qualification, the UEFA Pro License.
Phil Rawlins, President of the Austin Aztex expressed his excitement about the appointment saying. ”I am absolutely delighted that Adrian has agreed to join the Aztex, he is an outstanding Coach and human being, with an infectious enthusiasm for the game. Once he declared his interest, he was the only candidate we wanted. I have known Adrian for many years and followed his career closely; he has an eye for a good player which will be critical for us as we build our professional roster for the April 2009 kick-off. First and foremost he is a players’ Coach, with a great record of developing young players and producing winning teams”
Heath said “I am overjoyed at the opportunity to Coach the Austin Aztex. I have had several offers recently to Coach in the English League but the chance to build something from scratch with Phil was just too tempting to turndown. I have followed US Soccer closely over the past few years and believe the game here is about to take-off and I want to be a part of that.”
The highlights of Heath’s playing and coaching career are detailed below.
He will be taking up his new Head Coach position with the Austin Aztex on April 7th subject to him receiving work visa approval. (austinaztex.com/)

Playing Career
England U21 - won 8 caps and scored 3 goals between 1981 & 1983
European Cup Winners Cup 1985
3 F.A. Cup Finals, Winners 1984
2 League Championships with Everton 1984-85 and 1986-87
League Cup Finalist 1983
4 Charity Shield Winners
Coaching Career
Head Coach â€" Sheffield United, Burnley & Coventry City
Asst. Coach - Sheffield United, Sunderland, Everton, Leeds United & Coventry City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Heath
http://www.austinaztex.com/

Heath adds English talent to Austin Aztex attack
Former Everton striker Adrian Heath has turned to the English market to boost his Austin Aztex attack.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/heath-adds-english-talent-austin-aztex-attack-231157

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Ikke så fet!
MLS har ofentligjort lønningslistene for alle spillerne i den norskamerikanske serien.
Noen tjener fet (som David Beckham med sine $6,5 mill og Freddie Ljungberg med sine $1,3 mill), mens de fleste tjener helt moderat.

Noen ex-players på lista:
Eddie Lewis i LA ($165.000) og Daren Huckerby i San Jose ($385.000)

Her er hele lista: http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/3_2_09_salary_info_club.pdf

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Lee Hughes fought with Oldham manager John Sheridan after a boozy night out erupted into violence. Senior pro Sean Gregan had earlier laid into winger Chris Taylor. (Mirror)

Lee Hughes is at the centre of a internal probe at Oldham after a boozy night out ended with him allegedly fighting his manager John Sheridan. (Mail)

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Lee Hughes fought with Oldham manager John Sheridan after a boozy night out erupted into violence. Senior pro Sean Gregan had earlier laid into winger Chris Taylor. (Mirror)

Lee Hughes is at the centre of a internal probe at Oldham after a boozy night out ended with him allegedly fighting his manager John Sheridan. (Mail)

Bra!   

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Lee Hughes fought with Oldham manager John Sheridan after a boozy night out erupted into violence. Senior pro Sean Gregan had earlier laid into winger Chris Taylor. (Mirror)
Lee Hughes is at the centre of a internal probe at Oldham after a boozy night out ended with him allegedly fighting his manager John Sheridan. (Mail)

Oldham look into 'fight' reports 
Oldham Athletic have confirmed reports of players fighting during a night out are to be investigated.
National newspaper reports have claimed manager John Sheridan was also involved during a club night at Belle Vue greyhound racing last week.
A club spokesman told BBC Radio Manchester some players were caught up in angry confrontations.
Chief executive Alan Hardy told the club website: "We cannot discount sacking in this respect."
He added: "The incidents which occurred last Tuesday are certainly disturbing and the board of directors are conducting a full investigation.
"If anyone is found to have been acting inappropriately, thus bringing the club into disrepute, then I would expect the strongest possible action to be taken."
Meanwhile, Sheridan was angry with his players after the weekend defeat at home to Colchester.
He told BBC Radio Manchester: "Let them answer the questions. They're professional footballers, they get paid good money for it.
"I am not going to answer all the time. I am getting sick of answering for them and sticking up for them."  (BBC)

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"Let them answer the questions. They're professional footballers, they get paid good money for it.
"I am not going to answer all the time. I am getting sick of answering for them and sticking up for them." 

WOW. Litt av en kommentar fra en manager i balanse! 

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"Let them answer the questions. They're professional footballers, they get paid good money for it.
"I am not going to answer all the time. I am getting sick of answering for them and sticking up for them." 

WOW. Litt av en kommentar fra en manager i balanse! 

Har sikkert gått samme medietreningskurs som Bates og Wise. 

[pedro]

Matteo ser ut til å måtte legge skoa på hylla etter denne sesong. Takk for bidraget ditt i vårt kjære Leeds Utd, du var god
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/7928888.stm

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BBC: Tony Warner [Hull - Leicester City] Loan

Leicester have signed keeper Tony Warner on a one-month loan from Hull. (The Sun)

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According to the Sunday Express Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is ready to bring Terry Venables in to work alongside Calderwood and Hughton with Kinnear set to miss the rest of this season. (Sunday Express)


Returning Farsley Celtic striker looking for goal scoring reunion



Returning hero Damien Reeves is hoping the strikeforce which helped fire Farsley Celtic into the Conference in 2007 can cement their place in Blue Square North this season.
http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/sport/Returning-Farsley-Celtic-striker-looking.5070195.jp

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Time to give a damn about reviled Don Revie

They are Leeds. Dirty, dirty Leeds and Don Readies. Doyens of the dark arts and reviled by revisionists. Brian Clough went to Elland Road, dismantled the club with his unbridled ego and got a payoff that made him financially secure. Revie was damned, ostracised and forgotten.

It is time for Revie to be reclaimed and accepted into the pantheon of managerial greats. He should be up there with Clough and Shankly and Busby and Ferguson, but he has been written out of history as damaged goods. He is the ursine villain of

The Damned United, a gruff northerner bereft of Clough’s wit and charm. The ending of the film is gratuitous in its light and shade, telling us Clough went on to win the European Cup twice, while Revie failed at England and fled to the Middle East amid allegations of financial impropriety.

He also changed the face of football for ever. “The football we played from 1969 to 1974 was unbelievable,” Johnny Giles once told me. “Some of the matches we played, particularly at Leeds, well, I’ve never seen better football before or since.” Yet Revie and Leeds remain unloved and unforgiven. They are Leeds. Dirty Leeds. They cheated, maimed and hounded referees. Their manager offered bribes. He ran out on England, albeit that he was about to be pushed. Two and two makes 666.


There is some truth in the criticism, but it is a sophistic attack that lacks context.

Leeds may have been part-time purveyors of violence, but they were not alone. A seminal moment in the club’s history came in 1965. Revie had already performed a sooty black miracle by lifting Leeds from the cusp of the third division and near bankruptcy to second place in the top flight and the FA Cup Final. Then came the Inter-City Fairs Cup match against Torino in Turin. Bobby Collins, heartbeat of the side, was taken out by the right back. He broke his femur. The cynicism of the continental game was laid bare as Collins threw off a hospital blanket and proudly showed off the bolt through his leg. That early foray into Europe left indelible marks on both player and manager.

When I met Collins at his home several years ago, he was irritated at the choreographed cheating and endemic play-acting of the Premier League.

“I think we were harder but more honest,” he said. “It was just a case of having to suss out which players were the ones who were going to kick you into the stands. You’ve got to win and we played real hard. And no, I can’t say I was an angel, but I don’t apologise for that.”

Prejudice gives prominence to certain crimes. The beauty of Leeds’ football has been banished by their beastliness, but their critics pass off the systematic hounding of referees by Manchester United or the artful conning of referees by high-profile players as gamesmanship; it is a postscript to greatness not an epitaph.

Eddie Gray provided the most graphic context when he told me a story about Willie Bell, the Leeds full back. “He played for Scotland against Brazil and, when nobody was looking, Pelé stuck the nut on him. There was blood all over the place. He’d been headbutted by the great Pelé, but things like that happened.”

Giles, meanwhile, said that the selective editing was down to the North-South divide and the bias of the London media, but it went further. The hatred of Leeds will be refreshed by the film. They are Dirty Leeds, Don Readies and Billy Bremner, the smoking gun who bullied Kevin Keegan in the 1974 Charity Shield and smoked a post-coital fag afterwards. “You can’t put into words what Billy Bremner meant to football,” Sir Alex Ferguson said, but nobody would ever know.

Ferguson seems to have learnt much from Revie. When you heard of him trawling the streets and hauling Ryan Giggs out of a party at Lee Sharpe’s house, it was a throwback to Revie researching the backgrounds of players’ girlfriends. The results have also been maligned. Leeds won two championships under Revie, an FA Cup, a League Cup and two Fairs Cups. They were runners-up in the league on five occasions and lost five leading cup finals. They missed out on the big one, the European Cup, but it really was for champions then. But they are Leeds and they are chokers.

an insight into the qualities of Revie. “He brought a knowledge to the game which I don’t think anybody has ever come close to,” he said. “I played under Matt Busby who was an old-fashioned type of manager, whose method was to get good players in, believe in them and let them go out and play. But Matt was never on the training ground, whereas Don was out there every day. If we lost a goal on Saturday, he’d be there, working out what happened and who was at fault. And he’d put it right.”

He never put it right enough. Like many born into poverty Revie was motivated by a fear of returning there.There has been much anecdotal evidence of attempting to bribe opponents, as well as Richard Stott’s 315-page dossier delivered to the FA. Some Leeds players have denied it. Lorimer suggested that football was awash with illegal cash incentives. Bremner sued a Sunday paper and won. Gary Sprake blew the whistle and was cast out of the family.

Clough has been implicated in scandals himself and the High Court heard how he “likes a bung”, but his memory is not irreparably tainted. Three years ago, Mike Newell, then the Luton Town manager, said football was still full of dodgy dealings, but he had little support. Sven-Göran Eriksson told a fake sheikh he fancied quitting England for £5 million a year in the Premier League. He has been rehabilitated. Revie never has. And the manifold talents of his team have rarely been recognised as a result.

The Damned United has sparked an entire movement devoted to defending Clough, but nobody has come forward to speak up for Don Revie, the flawed genius. Twenty years after his death, it is time to acknowledge that he has been damned with faint praise for too long.

Second-best? Leeds and their close calls

Between 1965 and 1975, Leeds won six trophies but finished runners-up in a staggering 11 competitions

1964-65 Second in league, FA Cup finalists

1965-66 Second in league

1966-67 Fairs Cup finalists

1967-68 League Cup winners, Fairs Cup winners

1968-69 League champions

1969-70 Second in league, FA Cup finalists

1970-71 Fairs Cup winners, second in league

1971-72 FA Cup winners, second in league

1972-73 FA Cup finalists, Cup Winners’ Cup finalists

1973-74 League champions

1974-75 European Cup finalists


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article5913511.ece

[Thomas]

Takk testo. Det var interessant.

[DenHviteYeboah]

According to the Sunday Express Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is ready to bring Terry Venables in to work alongside Calderwood and Hughton with Kinnear set to miss the rest of this season. (Sunday Express)


Returning Farsley Celtic striker looking for goal scoring reunion



Returning hero Damien Reeves is hoping the strikeforce which helped fire Farsley Celtic into the Conference in 2007 can cement their place in Blue Square North this season.
http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/sport/Returning-Farsley-Celtic-striker-looking.5070195.jp

Jeg ler meg ihjel: Englands mest oppskrytte og ubrukelige manager.Herregud, Mike Ashley kan umulig følge særlig med.Hvis El Tel kommer til Newcastle så vil det garantert ikke bli noe bedre!!

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FOWLER RARING TO GO FOR FURY
After arriving in Townsville on Sunday afternoon, North Queensland's marquee signing Robbie Fowler said he cannot wait to start pre-season training with the A-League's newest team.
Training does not officially get under way until May, but Fowler came to Australia earlier than expected and will be put to work by the Fury coaching staff immediately and begin his own conditioning in April.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/03/16/SOCCER_Fowler.html

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ROYLE REPLACES SHERIDAN
Joe Royle has been appointed Oldham manager until the end of the season.
His appointment comes just hours after the Latics parted company with John Sheridan following a week of controversy at Boundary Park.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/03/15/SOCCER_Oldham.html

[Rudi G.]

ROYLE REPLACES SHERIDAN
Joe Royle has been appointed Oldham manager until the end of the season.
His appointment comes just hours after the Latics parted company with John Sheridan following a week of controversy at Boundary Park.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/03/15/SOCCER_Oldham.html

Det passer oss bra. Håper Royle får kontroll på Oldhamskuten til hjemmekampen mot Peterborough 4/4.

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BBC: Ian Westlake [Cheltenham - Oldham] Loan


Westlake makes Oldham loan move   


Westlake made 26 appearances for Cheltenham, scoring twice

Oldham Athletic have signed Cheltenham Town midfielder Ian Westlake on loan until the end of the season.
The move sees the 25-year-old team up again with Latics boss Joe Royle, who he previously played under at Ipswich.
Westlake came through the ranks at Portman Road and made 125 appearances before joining Leeds in August 2006.
He joined Cheltenham permanently in January following a successful loan spell, but has been allowed to leave because of their financial problems.
Westlake's arrival at Boundary Park is Royle's second signing since taking over from John Sheridan as manager, following the loan capture of Ipswich goalkeeper Shane Supple. (BBC)

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has been given £30m to spend as a reward for signing his new five-year contract at Anfield. Benitez will use those funds to make a fresh attempt to sign Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and to launch a bid for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. (The Sun)

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Mmm... £30 mill. Tenk hva Leeds kunne gjort med de :-)

[Sydhagen]

Mmm... £30 mill. Tenk hva Leeds kunne gjort med de :-)

kunne brukt de på gullfisk....

[J-R]

Hvor mye fikk vi for Lennon igjen??

[Rudi G.]

Hvor mye fikk vi for Lennon igjen??

Solgt for £ 800000 og minst det tidobbelte for å få han hjem igjen!

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Fowler ble lappløs
Den tidligere Liverpool-spilleren Robbie Fowler blir fotgjenger de neste seks månedene.
33-åringens ble stoppet i sin BMW X5 14.november i fjor mens han snakket i mobiltelefon. Foreseelsen sørget for at den tidligere engelske landslagsspilleren fikk sin 12. prikk. Dermed mister han retten til å kjøre bil de neste 6 månedene, skriver Daily Mirror. Fotballegenden har tidligere erklært seg ikke skyldig.

http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/engelsk/artikkel.php?artid=541918
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/03/20/robbie-fowler-admits-using-mobile-phone-at-the-wheel-115875-21213745/

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Constantine signs for Cheltenham Town

Former Leeds United striker Leon Constantine has signed for Cheltenham Town on loan from League One rivals Northampton Town.
The experienced target man will link up with the Robins squad on route to tomorrow's game at Huddersfield Town.
The Robins will be the 14th different club the 31-year-old has played for.
He started his career at non-league Edgware Town before moving to Millwall in September 2000.
After a succession of loan moves and a less than successful spell with Brentford, he moved to Southend in 2003.
He netted 25 goals for the Shrimpers during a good spell at Roots Hall, before signing for Peterborough.
After poor spells at the Posh and then Torquay he signed for Port Vale in time for the 2005/6 season, scoring 36 goals in two seasons.
After an injury disrupted spell at Leeds United he joined Oldham on loan, scoring twice in seven games, before joining Northampton in the summer.
So far he has scored three times in 33 appearances for the Cobblers.

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